INDIA beat Australia by 24 runs in St. Lucia on Monday (24) to reach the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup.
India captain Rohit Sharma led from the front with a blistering 92 -- from 41 balls, including seven fours and eight sixes -- as his side posted a total of 205-5.
Australia were then held to 181-7, opener Travis Head top-scoring with 76 in an innings where left-arm paceman Arshdeep Singh took 3-37.
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India will now play defending champions England in Thursday's semi-final in Guyana.
Australia will fail to reach the last four if Afghanistan, who defeated them by 21 runs in a stunning upset last time out, beat Bangladesh in the concluding Group One game of the Super Eights stage later Monday.
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South Africa, unbeaten in the tournament, have qualified alongside England for the semi-finals out of Group One.
(AFP)
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